September 6, 2012

Change is good. I forgot to take before pictures .I had blue mason jars on the shelf.

Soon it will be time for tea and hot chocolate again. Moving things around always lifts my spirits.

They,the blue jars, are now on the screen porch in the hoosier cupboard.

The lamp shade has a wooden lid. I have used a cookie jar as the base then,a gallon jar and now the jar full of tea as a base. Fun!

This fits me,so I framed it."I want to lead a simple uncluttered life.I really DO!Apparently I'm incapable of it."

"This is my kitchen and I will do as I darn well please. "

I have had these little plates on the wall and signs for years and love them still.Something I will never change are the touches of Americana I have though out our home. These 2 flower pots have held my necessary kitchen tools for years. I love them still. No change here.

The hot pot is great. Makes a cup at a time. Tea or hot chocolate.

The shelf above the sink was in need of a make over too.I added some of my pumpkin collection

It is time to paint the base cupboards. When we did the kitchen remodel in 2007 I was so worn out when it came the the new base cabinets I only put a couple of light coats of finish. Now is time to choose the color.what do you think? Mr.T. and I both picked the same one. The one on the top of the door. I will will glaze them like I did the top cupboards.

The vine is growing a foot a day. It has covered the greenhouse roof.Well time to tweek a bit more.
Have a great weekend. j
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Older than I want to be.I am a widow, mother, grandmother, who loves to cook and care for my family and home. I was married to my highschool sweetheart for 52 years.We have 2 grown sons and 2 grown daughters and six grandchildren 3 of each.ages 22-8.We have 2 great grand children 1 of each.
I will from time to time get on my box and complain or comment on a current affair.
Besides gardening, my craft is making and oil painting cloth dolls, with Helen Pringle and Emma Adams as my inspiration.
I enjoy re purposing things and collect lots of things.I do needle work. I also love to listen to books on tape while I work.
This year I am downsizing.
There is an old saying "you collect for the first 1/2 of your life and try to get rid of the second 1/2.It is true. The downsizing is taking longer than I thought but I keep at it.I still love all my vintage and antique stuff. I will share it from time to time.
I have discovered I really like making doll quilts so stay tuned for a bit about my quilting.
j

Living in America

Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free!

Thomas Jefferson

"A wise and frugal government,which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of the labor the bread it has earned-this is the sum of good government."Thomas Jefferson

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